The Reno Aces have been a home for power hitters for several years and this season is no different.

Christian Walker is the latest to bring the power surge to Reno.

With one more home run, Walker will hold the Aces team single-season record. His power holds up nationally too. He has one less home run than the national leader in all of minor league baseball. Nashville’s Renato Nunez has 31.

Walker is also 14 RBIs away from the most in a season for the Aces. The Pennsylvania native has 106 RBIs with 20 regular-season games to go.

Fitting his name — and also due to his power — he draws a lot of walks, leading the Aces with 53 this season.

So where does his power come from?

At 6-feet tall, 220 pounds, he has the strength to drive the ball out.

And the PCL is known as a hitters league, especially in Reno with the higher elevation here. Walker has 19 home runs at home at Greater Nevada Field, 11 on the road.

Walker mostly plays first base for the Aces. The Arizona Diamondbacks, the parent club of the Aces, already have a good power hitter at first, Paul Goldschmidt, which makes it hard for a minor league player to get the call up.

Walker is well aware of that, but said that situation is out of his control.

“I just try to worry about myself and do the things that I’m supposed to do, and do the things that I’m capable of doing and maybe put myself in a position to create an opportunity,” Walker said. “It only takes one team. I’d love for it to be the D’backs, but at the same time, I can only worry about myself and do the things that I can handle.”

Walker can also play left field and third base.

Christian Walker follows through on a swing during a game at Greater Nevada Field in July.(Photo: Provided by David Calvert/Reno Aces)

Mike Lansing, the Aces hitting and third base coach, said Walker has been consistent in his approach at the plate and in the field, all season.

“He’s got a plan when he goes to hit, and he sticks with it,” Lansing said. “Here and there you deviate, as you go through the season and you go though your ups and downs. But, for the most part he has stayed with is same approach for the majority of the year.”

He said Walker’s preparation is the same every day, which leads to his consistency. He said staying in shape has also helped Walker, who has not missed any games due to injury this season.

Lansing said Walker has become a quiet leader in the clubhouse, one who other players ask for advice about hitting.

“He understands hitting and what can work and how to make those adjustments,” Lansing said. “A lot of times, it’s about what the guy on the mound is doing.”

Walker has cut down on his strikeouts from last season. He struck out 138 times last season and has 86 this year.

Walker, 26, who played for South Carolina in 2011 when the Gamecocks won the College World Series, was named to both the 2011 and 2012 College World Series All-Tournament Teams.

He has tweaked his swing slightly over the past couple years.

“I kind of renovated it two years ago,” Walker said of his swing. “This is the second full season where I’m kind of working on these ideas.”

He said the goal in tweaking his swing is to keep his bat in the strike zone as long as possible.

Brandon Allen and Mike Jacobs are tied for the most home runs in Aces club history with 55 each, followed by O’Brien with 50; Cole Gillespie with 38, Cody Ransom with 35 and Zach Borenstein with 34.

Walker hit 18 home runs each of the past two seasons when he was with Norfolk.

Walker has been called up to Major League Baseball twice, both with the Baltimore Orioles, in 2014 and 2015.

He was drafted by Baltimore in the fourth round in 2012. He was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers out of high school in 2009 in the 49th round, but did not sign.

The Aces are in first place in the PCL Pacific Northern Division, a game ahead of Fresno, which comes to GNF for four games starting Saturday.

Walker said he does not feel any added pressure being in a playoff race.

“We’re just having fun playing, that’s when the best baseball is played and for us that’s been the case all year,” Walker said. “We’re just trying to keep it loose having some fun.”

The Arizona Diamondbacks acquired Christian Walker in March this year.(Photo: Provided by David Calvert/Reno Aces)